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Texas law firm is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration — and it’s fighting back
The Dallas Morning News - Texas
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August 21, 2025
Lucky Vidmar, the head of intellectual property and artificial intelligence law at Microsoft, has repeatedly faced off in federal court against the lawyers at Susman Godfrey in hundred-million-dollar copyright infringement disputes. “I’m never on...
Americans Speak Out as the Trump Administration Abandons Its Climate Responsibility
Earthjustice
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August 20, 2025
Nearly 27,000 Earthjustice supporters have raised their voices against a new Trump administration proposal that would make climate denialism the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) official stance. The EPA plans to declare that climate...
U.S. Considering Equity Stakes in Intel and Other Chipmakers
Times News Global
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August 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is exploring the possibility of the government taking equity stakes in Intel and other semiconductor companies in exchange for cash grants under the CHIPS Act. This initiative...
Trump tariffs push India closer to America's strategic rivals China and Russia
Fox News
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Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich reports on President Donald Trump’s efforts to get a meeting on the books between Ukraine and Russia on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For more than two...
Washington’s Smartest Move Yet on Lebanon: Megan Ortagus Returns
American Thinker
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August 21, 2025
When U.S. envoy Tom Barrack stepped out of Baabda Palace on August 18, his message was characteristically upbeat. “The Lebanese government has done their part. Now we need Israel to comply,” he told reporters, casting the country’s recent steps to...
SULLUM: Nine years ago, Marco Rubio explained why Trump’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional
Odessa American - Texas
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August 21, 2025
As a presidential candidate in 2016, Marco Rubio defended the conventional understanding of birthright citizenship, which contradicts the view embraced by the administration he currently serves as secretary of state. The contrast is especially...
13 Action News Big Story: U.S. Drug Crackdown
WTVG - Ohio
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August 20, 2025
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - So far this year, the United States Border Patrol has stopped more than 470,000 pounds of drugs from entering the country. Still, some drugs are making it through and putting people in Ohio and across the country at risk. In...
Woman Rides in Sister's Car—Laughter at Why She's Forced To Sit in the Back
Newsweek
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August 20, 2025
The reason a sister is demoted to the backseat of the car has left internet viewers in stitches. Monssse Martinez (@monsssemartinez) shared a video from the rear seat of the car as her sister's dog claimed the front passenger seat. The clip has...
Tariff worries cloud global fashion trade shows in U.S. Las Vegas
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua Writers Tan Jingjing, Huang Heng LAS VEGAS, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- International exhibitors at North America's premier fashion trade shows in Las Vegas have voiced growing concerns that proposed U.S. tariff hikes will drive up costs,...
Britain Imposes Sanctions on Kyrgyzstan’s Capital Bank, Other Entities
Times of Central Asia
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August 21, 2025
Britain has announced sanctions against Kyrgyzstan-based Capital Bank and its director, Kantemir Chalbayev, as part of a growing crackdown on financial networks allegedly being used by Russia to get around international restrictions and fund the...
Top news of the day: Group of Ministers approves Centre’s two-rate GST proposal; Sudershan Reddy files nomination as INDIA bloc’s V-P candidate, and more
The Hindu
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August 21, 2025
GoM on rate rationalisation approves Centre’s two-rate GST proposal The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Rate Rationalisation, formed by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, has decided to accept the Centre’s two-rate structure proposal for GST...
Elon Musk Stresses 'Zero Handouts' In NASA Deals, Predicts SpaceX Revenue To Be 7% of Agency's In 2025
Benzinga
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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has clarified that the company’s revenue from NASA is derived from competitive contracts and not government handouts. Musk posted on X that the company’s revenue from NASA constitutes about 7% of its total $15 billion...
Delta Fetes Nigerian Customers With Faster Bag Drop, Touchless ID, Smarter U.S. Connections
Daily Independent
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August 21, 2025
3 LAGOS – Delta Air Lines is making travel between Nigeria and the United States even smoother with the rollout of innovative technologies and industry-first government partnerships designed to save customers time and stress throughout their...
U.S. Navy Destroyers, Submarine, Amphibious Ships Being Sent Toward Venezuela
The Drive
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August 21, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. U.S. President Donald Trump is deploying a flotilla of warships and other military assets to the waters off Venezuela...
Dow, S&P futures dip as Walmart misses; Nasdaq steadies on Nvidia bounce, Tesla slides
The Economic Times
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August 21, 2025
U.S. stock futures opened Thursday with an uneven tone, as investors weighed fresh doubts over the sustainability of the tech rally against the high-stakes policy signals expected from the Federal Reserve. The Nasdaq-100 managed to edge higher in...
New research reveals the high-tech home renovation that can increase a house's price by nearly $80,000: 'One of the most valuable home improvements you can make'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 21, 2025
Put down the paintbrushes and garden shears. It turns out that one of the best ways to increase your home's property value isn't about curb appeal. EnergySage cited new research that found rooftop solar panels can add up to $79,000 to a home's...
With U.S. Extradition Request Pending, Quiboloy Case Tests Philippine Justice System
Politiko
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August 21, 2025
By ROY C. MABASA More than two months after the United States formally requested the extradition of Apollo Quiboloy—the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” and founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC)—Philippine authorities have yet to...
90% of Russia's oil trade with India settled in rubles, rupees after 7x growth in five years
Cryptopolitan
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August 21, 2025
Russia continues to supply India with oil and fuel, a high-ranking Russian official insisted during a meeting of their intergovernmental commission. Bilateral trade volume has multiplied in recent years, and the national currencies of the two...
Presidential office denies report that U.S. gov't may eye stakes in chipmakers
Yonhap News Agency
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August 21, 2025
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office on Thursday denied a media report that the U.S. federal government may take equity stakes in chipmakers that received Washington's subsidies to build their plants in America. Earlier this week,...
It’s a buyer’s market and nobody is buying: Where Is Jerome Powell?
FOX Business
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Circle Squared Investments founder Jeff Sica discusses the impact of the real estate industry on the U.S. economy and markets. If you’ve flipped through the real-estate pages lately – or just tried to pull up Redfin or Zillow – something’s...